Are all Catholics lost?

[shazeep]

So, Shazeep, you should ask A catholic who stands by these statements if they believe everyone except catholics are lost.

i would never do that, because i do not care a whit what some Catholic lawyer tells me about their doctrines, and a humble Catholic would not belabor me with them. I am not fearful about Catholics, or Muslims; i fear hypocrites if i fear anything.

The central point might be that whatever their answer would be, God is not required to pay them any attention anyway, same as for you. You can say all Catholics are lost all you like--how many Catholics have perished due to your proclamation? How many Catholics have been swayed to change their mind based upon your opinion, do you think? So then, what has this utterance, this belief of yours and others, served to do? It has only accomplished one thing--to out you as judgemental, which quoting Christ's contrasting message of forgiveness and love to your consternation just verifies--or bam witness how this position has improved your or anyone else's life, and i will apologize.

All you have done is make enemies of friends, as near as i can tell. And you would react no differently if the shoe were on the other foot. Understand with the same measure you use, it will be measured out to you. You are flouting a spiritual principle to uphold a doctrine of men, which all have some basis in Scripture. It is you who is lost, the moment you look down on the Catholic, which includes 'helping' them 'see their error,' which always involves a doctrinal discussion, and never seems to involve doing the right thing in daily life. A pox on your doctrines--which btw is exactly what you got. If doctrine is supposed to make you so much better, why are you so much worse? Speaking generally of course; i don't think you are a bad person at all, for the record.